The decisive battle against the Third Reich

If Qin Chuan poured out all the thoughts in his head, I am afraid that Von Braun would lose everything because of this.

But of course Qin Chuan can't do this, because it will make people doubt him and he can't explain it... That will be the beginning of trouble, and in this war era, no one can guarantee what the trouble will be, let alone dare to Make sure you can solve these problems yourself.

Therefore, Qin Chuan can only "reveal" some of his thoughts intentionally or unintentionally and reasonably as he does now.

Of course von Braun knew that Qin Chuan's idea was very applicable, especially on the battlefield.

So without further ado, another group was organized to improve the launcher.

The task of this team is not technically difficult. They mainly verify the two solutions mentioned by Qin Chuan:

1: Whether it is possible to shorten the launcher to the length of a truck by increasing the thrust of the catapult, and estimate whether it is economical.

Two: If the first option is not feasible or economically unbearable, can a retractable launcher be designed and estimated whether it is economical.

Of course, this project and the debugging of the "target drone" are carried out separately, and the two do not interfere with each other, which can obviously shorten the development time to a great extent.

After scientific researchers worked day and night, the launcher was installed on the third day.

Von Braun and Colonel Konrad conducted rigorous tests on the launcher... The test process was to install a model of the same weight and volume as the "target drone" on the launcher and launch it to observe whether the launch was successful and stable. .

Conrad explained: "Usually we are not so strict. As we said before, the 'target drone' is cheap equipment. We can produce everything in the 'target drone' in a short time, but... this time we We need pilots. It is not easy to find a pilot to assist us in research and development at this time. We must ensure the safety of pilots!”

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement. Pilots were obviously a scarce resource on the battlefield.

"But where is the pilot?" Qin Chuan asked.

"She will come!" said Colonel Conrad.

"She?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be confused.

"Yes!" Conrad said, looked north, and then said: "She's here!"

Qin Chuan followed Conrad's gaze and saw a plane flying towards them from a distance. Qin Chuan recognized it as a Storch (Stork) light aircraft because it had excellent short-field takeoff and landing capabilities. The maneuverability was very good, and the German Air Force used it extensively as a reconnaissance aircraft. Because of its large and long wings, the Germans often called it the "Big Stork."

Qin Chuan soon discovered that this "big stork" was something special, because it casually rolled over a few times in the air to greet people on the ground.

The word "casual" is used because other German pilots can also do this action, but there will always be some traces of preparation before doing this action, such as flying steadily for a distance or raising the nose of the aircraft to make themselves more comfortable. It won't suddenly hit the ground due to a mistake, etc.

But this pilot showed no trace of preparation at all. The whole action was natural, like a western cowboy playing with his pistol casually.

Then the plane slowed down, and then landed steadily in the open space of the camp. The landing position was only a few meters away from the launch pad.

The cabin opened, and a pilot appeared at the door, taking off his flight cap, revealing a head of beautiful curly hair.

"Hey!" Her sunny laughter soon sounded in the camp. She waved her hands and shouted to everyone: "I'm not late!"

"No, Hannah!" Colonel Conrad shouted back: "You're just in time!"

"Hannah?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the name: "Hannah Reich, Hannah Reich, known as the 'Sky Witch', has broken more than forty world records for non-motor-powered flight. Reich, Hannah Reich was able to fly a plane freely to rescue Hitler when Berlin was heavily besieged by the Soviet army!”

Von Braun and Colonel Conrad both came forward and hugged Hannah to express their welcome. The German soldiers in the camp also turned their attention to this uninvited guest who suddenly filled the camp with sunshine and laughter.

"Captain!" Von Braun waved to Qin Chuan from a distance of more than ten meters.

Qin Chuan adjusted his military uniform and walked up.

"Let me introduce you!" said von Braun: "This is our test pilot and my good friend, Hannah Reich!"

"You must be Captain Frick!" Hannah generously stretched out her hand to shake Qin Chuan's hand: "You are being discussed everywhere, Captain! You make everyone crazy. I'm glad to see you here!"

"Nice to meet you..." Qin Chuan looked at Hannah's rank, stood up and said, "Major!"

"Oh, forget this!" Hannah looked at her military rank and laughed: "Look, I didn't salute the colonel either!"

"Hannah doesn't like this!" Conrad explained to Qin Chuan: "This is an honor for all men, isn't it? No one would want such a charming lady to salute him seriously!"

"Please, Colonel!" Hannah laughed happily.

"So... how far has it progressed?" Hannah turned her attention to the launch pad.

"We need to move the 'target drone' to the launcher!" Von Braun explained: "And we also need to make some launch preparations. This will take a few hours. You can use this time to familiarize yourself with the operation!"

As he spoke, Von Braun led everyone to a model at the other end.

Hannah looked down at the model and asked doubtfully: "Where is the cockpit?"

Von Braun and Conrad looked at each other awkwardly.

"Hannah!" said von Braun: "It doesn't have a cockpit because it's a drone!"

"Then how should I drive it?" Hannah asked doubtfully.

"You must lie down..." Von Braun gestured to the front half and said: "Lie here, this was originally a place where explosives were installed!"

"You mean... I have to lie in there and operate it?"

"Yes!" Von Braun's eyes looked unbearable.

"Hannah!" Conrad said: "I know this is a bit cruel, but we think only you can do it. If you refuse..."

"No, of course I won't refuse!" Hannah agreed without thinking.

This surprised Conrad: "You may need to think again, this is very dangerous!"

"No!" Hannah showed a relaxed smile: "As you said, only I can do it!"

It was hard for Qin Chuan to imagine that the sunny and confident female pilot in front of him was the "Witch Hannah" who once suggested to Hitler to imitate Japan's suicide attacks.